Identification of amino acids of endonuclease VII essential for binding and cleavage of cruciform DNA

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 573-580

  Golz, Stefan ^a   Christoph, Anja ^a   Birkenkamp Demtröder, Karin ^a   Kemper, Börries ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

bacteriophage T4; DNA repair; DNA binding protein; endonuclease VII; recombination

Indexed keywords

CRUCIFORM DNA; ENDONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030957337     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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